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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-12E04C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy Roman rosette brooch. Only the spring case and bow survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
The spring case is folded over to be cylindrical in form and undecorated. The upper bow has a convex front face. The front face is decorated with four longitudinal grooves. Below is the upper bow is a flat plate and its original shape is now unclear. It was likely disc or lozenge shaped. On the back of the plate are the remains of a catch plate.
This brooch measures 29.31mm in length, 14.06mm in width at the spring case, 6.66mm in width at the bow, 13.10mm in width at the plate, 1.61mm in thickness, 3.38g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded by Hattatt (Hattatt, 1989, p. 309, no. 785). However, it is too worn to identify a direct parallel.
Class: Colchester-derivative (double-pierced lug)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.31 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 1.61 mm
Weight: 3.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: BRA 005
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Braiseworth
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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